Re: gEDA-user: PCB: Converting M4 to new Footprint?

[Shahab Sanjari <sanjari@hrz.tu-darmstadt.de>]

I got the idea.
I typed the second line (the one with m4) manually and one package
definition out of geda.inc into STDIN and got perfect results. But the
script returns to prompt without anything on the sreen.

In the M4 directory, the package definitions are written with single
quotes, but in the script you use double quotes, could this be a problem?

Does the last line with AWK replace the first three "$" fields of the
package definition with proper names? I am still not used to %$&§@%
language!!! :-)

should I be in the M4 directory as I run the script?

Thanks,
Shahab.

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Shahab Sanjari  (sanjariathrzdottu-darmstadtdotde)




On Wed, 22 Sep 2004, John Luciani wrote:

> I made a mistake in the cut-in-paste in my previous
> email.  The following script will output the packages.
> Just change PCB_M4_DIR to your m4 directory.
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> PCB_M4_DIR=/local/pub/pcb-20040215/share/pcb/m4
>
> for package in $@
> do
> echo "PKG_$package(\"\", \"\", \"\")" | \
>    m4 -I$PCB_M4_DIR common.m4 - | \
>    awk '/^[ \t]*$/ {next} {print}' | \
>    more
> done
>
>
> --- John Luciani <jcljr58@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > To retrieve a package:
> >
> > echo "PKG_$package(\"\", \"\", \"\")" | \
> >    m4 -IPCB_M4_DIR  common.m4 - | \
> >    awk '/^[ \t]*$/ {next} {print}' | \
> >
> > where PCB_M4_DIR is the directory containing the PCB
> > M4 files.
> >
> > After you create the file move it to your
> > "production"
> > directory.
> >
> > To get gsch2pcb to find your "production" packages
> > use
> > the --elements-dir switch. For example:
> >
> > gsch2pcb --elements-dir PRODUCTION_DIR
> > SCHEMATIC_NAME
> >
> > (* jcl *)
> >
> > --- Shahab Sanjari <sanjari@hrz.tu-darmstadt.de>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Dear list,
> > > In the production process, it is always good to
> > know
> > > which footprints are
> > > tested, so that they could be used wihtout futher
> > > considerations in the
> > > future projects. This results in company specific
> > > symbol and footprint
> > > libraries, which could also represent the
> > company's
> > > repository managed
> > > with a database and scripts that read special
> > fields
> > > out of the schematic
> > > files and do automated booking, ordering, etc. of
> > > parts.
> > >
> > > With gschem, I managed a small directory where I
> > put
> > > the parts that I
> > > often use in my designs. I would like to do the
> > same
> > > thing with PCB
> > > footprints.
> > >
> > > How can I extract a specific M4 library-element
> > from
> > > say "~geda" library
> > > ( e.g. 0805) and put it in a single file e.g.
> > > my_0805 in the directory of
> > > my designs?
> > >
> > > Many thanks,
> > > Shahab.
> > >
> > > --------
> > > Shahab Sanjari  (sanjariathrzdottu-darmstadtdotde)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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